Tennessee Court Rejects Bare-Metal Defense, Other Rulings In Asbestos Case

(July 30, 2019, 1:15 PM EDT) -- KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee does not recognize the bare-metal defense, and a judge erred in granting judgment on causation and statute of repose grounds, a state appeals court held July 22 in a consolidated asbestos appeal (Carolyn Coffman, et al. v. Armstrong International Inc., et al., Nos. E2017-01986-COA-R3-CV, E2017-02389-COA-R3-CV, E2017-00062-COA-R3-CV, E2017-00063-COA-R3-CV, E2017-00064-COA-R3-CV, E2017-00065-COA-R3-CV, E2017-00066-COA-R3-CV, E2017-00067-COA-R3-CV, E2017-00069-COA-R3-CV, E2017-00071-COA-R3-CV, E2017-00075-COA-R3-CV, E2017-00078-COA-R3-CV, E2017-00995-COA-R3-CV, Tenn. App., 2019 Tenn. App. LEXIS 357.)...

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